Kentucky health officials announce the state's first measles case since 2023
Per the CDC, the vaccination rate among Kentucky children, for MMR, has dropped 3.4% between 2018 to 2019 and 2023 to 2024: it now sits at around 90%. Herd immunity for measles can be reached when 95% of the entire community — not just kids — is reached.
WKYT talked with doctors about how testing works if you’re exposed and why knowing your vaccine status is key.
Measles was declared eliminated in the United States in 2000 but has since made a comeback which experts attribute to international travel and the rise of anti-vaccine sentiment. It remains to be seen ...
LEX 18 spoke with a pediatric disease specialist at Norton's Children's Hospital, who informed the public on how to prevent ...
One of the latest cases was reported in Washington State where officials say an infant may have been exposed during recent international travel.
U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Friday said he recognizes the serious impact of the current measles outbreak ...
Ten states have now reported cases of measles, with most of them in Texas. Now there's a furious race to contain the spread.
Before there was a vaccine in 1963, measles infected millions and killed hundreds of people in the U.S. every year. Now, with ...
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